A 26-year-old man has been arrested on a murder charge in an incident in which his alleged accomplice in an eastern New Orleans trailer break-in Tuesday night was shot to death by the trailer resident, police said.

Randy Albert, whose address was not provided by police, was arrested Wednesday night and booked with first-degree murder, police spokesman Officer Garry Flot said Friday. He is suspected of being the getaway driver in the burglary.

Police said Albert and Ryan Smythe, 20, burglarized a FEMA trailer in the 6700 block of Deanne Street Tuesday about 8 p.m. The 29-year-old resident returned as Smythe was leaving the trailer and fatally shot him. Albert fled in the getaway car, according to police, but was arrested the following night.

Smythe died of multiple gunshot wounds at a local hospital Wednesday about 4 a.m.

Though Albert didn't fire the shot that killed Smythe of Metairie, he was booked with murder under a provision of the law that holds him culpable for the death because it happened while he was in the process of committing a felony, police said.